Vibrator massage implement.



N. E. WILMES.

VIBRATOR MASSAGE vIIMEPLEMEN'I.

APPLICATION FILED D80. a. 1913.

1,1 1 3,079. Patented Oct. 6, 1914;

INVENTOR NICK E. WILMES, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

V VIBRATOR MASSAGE IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Application filed December 6, 1913. Serial No. 805,053.

1 '0 all whom Z1: may concern Be it known that I, NICK E. Vimuns, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented new and usetutImprovements in Vibrator Massage Implelnents, of which. the following isa speci- I licaiion.

'i'his invention relates to a vibrator massage implement.

The object of this invent-ion is to provide ,r.ple, substantial, cheaplymanufactured, in my eificient vibrator, which is so constructed thatvarious vibrator applicators nrav he cuickl and casil attached.

7 c l y 3 Another object of the invention is to provide means fordisconnecting the vibrator mechanism; and to provide a socket connectioninto which rotary massage implements may be inserted and driven by.

Further objects will hereinafter appear. The invent-ion consists of theparts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter morefully described and claimed, having reference to the accpmpanying'drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the vibrator massageimplement. Fig.2 is a vertical sectional section through same. Fig. 3 isa plan cross section on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. i a side elevation of oneform of rotary mu applicator.

ltefcrringto the drawin s, A -indicates a spherimil shaped housingiaving a hollow handle extension 2 of suitable shape and length.Itovolubly mounted in journals 3 and. a, mounted in the hollow handle,is a tube 5. having a thrust-collag-dformed on its lower end which is suported by a lower emovable member 7. giiitably secured to the lower endof the hollow shaft or tube 5 a flexible driving connection 8, and seend to the tube near its upper end is a timing pinion 9 which intermesheswith a pinion .10. The pinion 1O isjournalcd on a nurlAimlt l1 and isformed integral with a largo! gear 12 which is so positioned as tointmnesh with a pinion 13 loosely jurnai ed upon the tube above thedriving on 0. The upper face of the pinion 13 vided with a jaw clutch14, of any the, purpose of forming a driving connecl is construction,which is provided fortion between the gear 13 and the vibrator generallyindicated at 15.

The vibrator is here shown as consisting of a hub member 16, having anannular groove 17 formed near its lower end, and a. pair of outwardlyextending weighted arms 18 formed on its upper end. The groove 17,formed on the hub, is straddled by .a forked shifting member 19, securedupon the end of a spring bar 20. The spring bar 20 has notches 21 formednear its lower end which are so, positioned as to become engageable witha latch member 22, secured in the casing A, and the bar 20 is otherwisesecured with an operatin handle 23. The vibrator, consisting of t eweighted arms 18 and hub member 16, may be lifted out of engagement withthe jaw clutch 14 by simply pressing the bar 20 in an upward directionuntil the latch 22 engages with the lower notch 21, formed on the bar,and may similarly be moved into drivincon nection with the gear 13 bypressing t e bar '20 in an inward direction and permitting itto dropuntil the upper notch is en aged. The downward movement of the vi ratoris assisted by a coil spring 24 which is interposed between an uppercover 25 and the hub of the vibrator.

The cover 25 inclosin the vibrator 15 v with connected driving gearsandtube 5, is preferably secured upon the spherical main casing A by aflexible rubber ring 26,

having a conical hub extension 27 formed on one side adapted to receivevarious forms of vibrator applicators, one of which is indicated at 28,Fig. 1. Vibratory movement may be caused by making one of the weightedarms heavier i:- ing one or the c... ment. duced may be transmittedeither through the applicator 28 or by placing the casing 5 directlyagainst that portion of the body ier slightly out of alinewhich "5 to betreated.

The vibrator here shown is also ada ted for transmitting rotary motionto app icators of the type shown in Fig. 4. This is accomplished in thefollowing manner: As before described, it can be seen that the drivingshaft 5 consists of a tube which opens through the upper cover member25. A shank member 29 having a forked mem- The vibratory movement thuspro-.

an the other, or by throw- 7 her 30 formed on its lower end and adaptedto receive arevolving applicator 81 of any suitable type on itsupperendmay thus be inserted through the upper end of the tube.

may be operated singly or unison by dis engaging the clutch member 14through the medium of the spring bar handle 23.

The'vibratory movement created by the weighted arms 18 of the vibratormay, in this instance, be very efficiently transmitted as practicallyno-vibration is lostthrough the flexible ring connection 26.

The vibrator is simple in construction and reliable andv efficient inoperation for the simple reason that all reciprocating membersare;entirely obviated. All vibratory or rotary movement here transmittedis created by centrifugal force and may, therefore, be simplyconstructed and of the fewest partspossible. v

'The materials and finish of the several parts of the vibrator are suchas experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate.

20 and operating I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p 1.The combination in a vibrator, of a casing, a shaft revolubly' mountedin said casing, a centrifugal vibrator loosely'mounted on said shaft,and means for connecting the vibrator with the shaft.

2. Thecombination in a vibrator, of a casing, a shaft revolubly mountedin said casing, a centrifugal vibrator loosely mounted on said shaft,means for connecting the vibrator with the shaft, a cover memberinclosing the vibrator through which the upper end of the shaft extends,and a flexible rubber ring securing the cover to the ca sing.

3. The combination in a vibrator, of a casing, a shaft revolublymountedin said "ca sing, a centrifugal vibrator loosely mounted on said shaft,and means for increasing the speed of the vibrator withrelation to {theshaft.

i 4:; The combination in a vibrator, of'a casing, a shaft revolublymountedin saidcas ing, a centrifugal vibrator loosely mounted on saidshaft, means. for. connecting 'the vibrator with the shaft, asocketformed in the upper end of" the shaft, a-shankinsert- Having thusdescribed my invention, what ible into said socket, afidmeans forlocking the shankto revolve with the shaft.

5. The combination in a vibrator, of a casing, a shaft revolubly mountedin said casing, a centrifugal vibrator loosely mounted on said shaft,means for connecting the vibrator with the shaft, a socket formed in theupper end of the shaft, a shank insertible into said socket, means forlocking the shank to revolve with the shaft, and means ,for securing amassage implement on the .upper end of the sh'ank.

6. A vibrator comprising in combination, a spherical shaped casinghaving a handle formed'thereon, a shaft revolubly mounted in'the' handleand easing, a driving inion secured on the shaft, a driven pinion ooselvmounted'onthe-shaft above the driving'pin- 'ion, a pair of connectedgears intermeshing with the" driving anddriven pinions, a hub member.revolubly mounted on the shaft, a pair of weighted arms fi'xed on thehub .member, means for locking the hub to the driven pinion, and meansfor'h'olding the hub member out of' engagement with the member, jawclutch faces formed on the" lower side' of the hub member and the upperside of the driven pinion respectively, means for holding the clutchesin engagement to drive the hub member with connected weighted arms, aforked arm straddling the hub member, a spring bar secured to the forkedarm, means for raising thespring bar with connected forked arm and hubmember to hold the jaw clutches out of em gagement, and means forlockingithe 'spi'ingbar in the raised position.

8. A vibrator comprising in combination, a spherical shaped casing havina handle :formed thereon, a shaft rev'olubiymounted in the handle andeasing, a driving pinion secured on the shaft, a driven pinion looselymounted on the shaft above the driving pinion, a pair of connected gearsintermeshing with the driving and driven pinions, a hub member revolublymounted on the shaft, a

pair of welghted arms fixed on the hub, member, means for locking thehub to'the driven. pinion, means for holding'the hub member out ofengagement with the. drivenpinion, a spherical shaped cover memberinclosing' the driving gears with connected mechanism, an openin'gin thetopof" the cover through which the shaft extends, a In testimony whereofI have hereunto set socket formed in the "upper end of the shaft, myhand in the presence of two subscribing 13 it pin exendilfig across thesolcket dhezu' the witnesses.

0W6! en ,a s an menu or ma he to s11 port a massage implement on 155outer e131 NICK WILMES' insertiblc into said socket, and a fork onWitnesses: Q

the lower end of the shank adapted to 4 PAUL DAVID,

straddle the pin, r JOHN H. Hmmmo.

